org.apache.flink.core.plugin

Interface Plugin

All Known Subinterfaces:

FileSystemFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAzureFSFactory, AbstractS3FileSystemFactory, AnotherDummyFSFactory, AzureBlobStorageFSFactory, AzureDataLakeStoreGen2FSFactory, ConnectionLimitingFactory, DummyFSFactory, HadoopFsFactory, LocalFileSystemFactory, MapRFsFactory, OSSFileSystemFactory, PluginFileSystemFactory, S3AFileSystemFactory, S3FileSystemFactory, S3FileSystemFactory, S3PFileSystemFactory, SecureAzureBlobStorageFSFactory, SecureAzureDataLakeStoreGen2FSFactory

@PublicEvolving
public interface Plugin

Interface for plugins. Plugins typically extend this interface in their SPI and the concrete implementations of a service then implement the SPI contract.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default void	configure(Configuration config) Optional method for plugins to pick up settings from the configuration.
default ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Helper method to get the class loader used to load the plugin.

Method Detail

getClassLoader

default ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Helper method to get the class loader used to load the plugin. This may be needed for some plugins that use dynamic class loading afterwards the plugin was loaded.

Returns:

the class loader used to load the plugin.

configure

default void configure(Configuration config)

Optional method for plugins to pick up settings from the configuration.

Parameters:

config - The configuration to apply to the plugin.